Deep Learning can learn features from the SEM images generated using digital twins, then use that learning to find defects on real SEM images.
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A Collaborative Approach for Automotive Electronics
Collaboration along the supply chain, focused on common issues that emerge out of the dynamic electronics market and changing automotive ecosystem, will identify and drive improvements in the interest of the whole supply chain.
Texas Instruments Continues As World’s Top Analog IC Supplier
Skyworks Solutions posts strongest sales increase in 2020 as the top-10 suppliers collectively accounted for 62% of total analog sales.
Mitigation of Pattern Collapse in EUVL
Rinse materials offer benefits of pattern collapse mitigation and defect improvement and, therefore, superior process margins for yield improvement. Defectivity is also significantly improved with an EUV rinse.
Intel 144-Tier Three-deck FG NAND with 161 Total Gates
A new 3D QLC NAND product has just arrived. TechInsights has quickly reviewed the Intel 1Tb QLC die removed from SSD 670p series which use 144L 3D NAND devices.
IBM Announces 2nm GAA-FET Technology – the Sum of “Aha!” Moments
IBM likes to create a stir once in awhile, and judging by the tech-press response in the last week or three, they have achieved that goal with their announcement of 2-nanometer CMOS technology, developed at their Albany research centre. This technology is expected to give a 45% performance boost or 75% power reduction, compared with a 7-nm process. Of course the question is, compared with what 7-nm process?
Top-15 Semi Companies Log Year-Over-Year Growth of 21% in 1Q21
Excluding Intel, the group would have shown a 29% jump in 1Q21/1Q20 sales.
Global 200mm Fab Capacity on Pace to Record Growth to Meet Surging Demand and Address Chip Shortage
Semiconductor manufacturers worldwide are on track to boost 200mm fab capacity by 950,000 wafers, or 17%, from 2020 through 2024 to reach a record high of 6.6 million wafers per month, SEMI announced today.
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Memory Upswing Returns, New Record High Expected in 2022
Fueled by economic recovery and the transition to a digital economy, memory IC sales are forecast to reach $180.4 billion in 2022, exceeding the previous record high set in 2018.
